136 STNTOMIDiE. 



256. Tritonaclia kefersteini. 



Hydrusa kefersteini, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 2 (1882); Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 102. 



c? . Black-brown ; patagia and tegulse with bright yellow spots. 

 Fore wing with somewhat quadrate pale yellow spot in end of cell ; 



rounded spots below base and 

 end of cell, the latter above 

 vein 2 ; a subterminal spot 

 above vein 6 and two spots 

 above veins 3 and 5 ; a 

 yellow streak on base of inner 

 margin. Hind wing with 



Yxg. U.-Tritonaclia kefersteini, S • \. ^^^^e pale yellow patch below 



the cell extending nearly to 

 tornus ; a small spot above vein 3 and speck above vein 4. 



Hah. Madagascar, Ankafana {Cowan\ 1 (S type. Eocp. 

 40 millim. 



Genus MEGANACLIA. 



Type. 



Meganaclia, Aurivillius, Ent. Tidskr. xiii. p. 290 (1892), non descr. ... sippia. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi slender, reaching beyond the frons and downcurved ; 

 antenna; of male uniserrate, of female with bristles ; tibire without spurs. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 shortly stalked ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 



4 from angle ; 7 absent. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 stalked. 



257. Meganaclia carnea, n. sp, (Plate YI. fig. 27.) 



2 . Pale flesh-pink ; antennae black, white at tips ; abdomen 

 with black segmental dorsal lines except on 1st and terminal 

 segments ; wings semihyaline. Fore wing with hyaline spot in end 

 of cell ; small spots above and below base of vein 2 and a larger 

 spot below its middle ; spots between veins 3 and 5 and above 



5 and 6. Hind wing with hyaline spots between veins 3 and 4 

 and a point above 4. 



Bab. Gaboon ; Angola, 1 $ type, Exp. 48 millim. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with vein 5 from above angle of cell. 



258. Meganaclia sippia. 



Naclia sippia, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 78 (1880); Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 106. 



2 . Head and tegulse pale yellowish ; palpi and antennae fuscous ; 

 thorax whitish, with fuscous spot on dorsum ; abdomen whitish, the 

 segments fringed with pale yellow hair ; a dorsal series of black 

 spots ; wings very sparsely clothed with hair-like scales. Fore 

 wing with obscure series of white spots beyond the cell between 



